The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-19
FLORIDA.

Osceola county Circuit Court met at Kis
simmee Thursday.
There are now $50 white scholars attend
ing school in Starke.
The Washington County Farmers Ali
ance meets at Chipley on Jan. 8.
The clerks office at Orlando has made up
the record in eight cases of appeal from the
Circuit Courv to the Supreme Court, and
have yet on hand nine cases to make up.
w. H. Tracy, who has been confined in
Jail at Orlando since last spring for the kill
ing of a colored man at Campbell station,
now is Osceola county, was brought before
corpus for the purpnse of being bailed, and
the argument was in progress when the
train left.
The Clerks Office at Orlando has Just
completed and forwarded to Lake county
certified copy of the registration lists of
that portion of Lake formerly a part of
Orange The list contained 1,150 names.
tanned $50 names, making 900 voters cut
off by the two counties from Orange.
The street railroad at Orlando will be ex-
tended to the bridge at the east end of Lake
Lucerne, provided the people benefited by
the extension will contribute toward it,
They also will continue eastward along Cen
trail avenue to the residence of DR.. Green,
from whence it will eventually go to the
cemetery with an extension from Lake Lu-
cerne thus making belt line.
Maj. George H. Norris, who died at High
land Park Thursday, was an old and wealthy
citizen of Chicago, educated 30 the bar, an
associate and contemporary of Abraham
Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in the
early days of Illinois. He was resident of
several different States during his life, and
was at one time Mayor of Ottawa, Ill. He
has spent the past fifteen winters in Florida.
When on a trip to Florida ins 1871 he pur-
chased a tract of 1000 acres of what
is known as the Spanish grants, Dupen and
Gandry, and started what is now known as
the famous Spring Garden Groves" He
was the founder of Glenwood, and the re-
Gently started town of Highland Park.
He was one of the most genial
of men, a keen business man, and
had a host of friends. At the time of his
death he was Vice President of the Florida
Fruit Exchange, and was interested in the
publication of the Florida Fruit Grower.
at Highland Park.
Orlando Record: A representative of the
Record learning that Mrs. e. l.. Lord,
widow of George X. Lord, who was recently
killed by posse near Fort Bassinger, was
in the city, called upon her and obtained her
statement in relation to the killing of La
FEST by Lord, his escape and subsequent
dian river, he and his family, consisting of
"a wife, and child about years old, left for
the Kissimmee river, striking it near Fort
Bassinger, taking nearly two weeks to reach
there, and staying in the woods and prairies
| in order to avoid capture. On arriving at
Fort Bassinger and hearing of their pur-
suit they started again, and had got
about four miles, being on foot, when a
voice in the thick woods called out to Lord
| to disar1n himself and surrender when he
at once dropped his gun on the ground, and
almost instantly a rife was fired from the
brush. followed by shotgun, when Lord
! fell, being pierced with five bullets, and the
posse rushed from the brush, there being
eight or nine of them. When Lord fell he
fell on his gun, and on his wife attempting
to lift his feet up and take his gun from
under him, one of the posse put his gun in
her face and threatened to shoot her brains
out Lord never spoke after he fell, being
| shot dead. After ascertaining tat he
was dead three of the posse went to the
house of Peter Raullerson and got a
rough coffin, in which the body was placed
and buried near there. The posse returned
to Indian river and Mrs. Lord and her little
| child took the boat at Bassinger and came
up the Kissimmee river, arriving here day
| or two ago on her way TO Fort Christmas,
where her father, j. w. Savage, lives. Mrs.
Lords statement of the killing Of LATEST
by Lord is substantially the same as that
already published, with the exception that
1t occurred about 20 o'clock at night, imme-
dately after which Lord aud his family
packed up and took to the interior, with the
result above stated.